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document.write( "x+y=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-y=1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-y=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = -3 --> x = -3 - y (subsitute this into 2nd equation)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 - y - y = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 - 2y = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2y = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + (-2) = -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3 + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1\r<BR>\n" );
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